Assistant Custodian

Job Opportunity

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District (CMSD) serves approximately 37,000 students in 100+ schools. Over the past several years, the Greater Cleveland community has united behind the collective goal of ensuring every child in Cleveland attends a high-quality school and every neighborhood has a multitude of great schools from which families can choose. The Cleveland Plan defines CMSD's approach to the reinvention of public education and holds our community accountable for the success of Cleveland's schoolchildren. The Cleveland Plan is supported by Ohio House Bill 525, which provides much-needed flexibility and autonomy for the district and its schools. Our schools have autonomy over human and financial resources in exchange for accountability for performance. The principal has primary responsibility and accountability for establishing his or her school as a high-quality, high-expectations academic center with a focus on personalized instruction, professional support for teachers, and school-wide practices that lead to measurable results.

The Cleveland Metropolitan School District has developed standards of excellence that the district applies to all parts of the organization inclusive of schools, principals, school leadership teams, networks, and central office. Alignment between Standards of Excellence (SoE) and the district's Theory of Action helps ensure that principals are able to focus on scholar achievement and that central office supports are timely and effective. In our pursuit of a more fair, just, and good system of education, we want each of our learners, both each of our scholars and each of their educators, to be individually and collectively presented with academically / intellectually complex tasks that are worthy of their productive struggle and allow them authentic opportunities to demonstrate their work and their learning of academic content and transferable skills in a joyful and adventurous environment.

The Opportunity : Under the immediate supervision of a custodian, performs miscellaneous unskilled and semi-skilled tasks in the care and operation of public schools; performs related work as required.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

Keeps building and grounds, including sidewalks, driveways, and play areas, neat and clean at all times.

Monitors heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems to provide temperatures appropriate to the season and to ensure economical usage of fuel, water, and electricity.

Operates boilers, pumps, and related equipment under the supervision of the custodian.

Shovels, plows and salt, walks, driveways, parking areas, and steps, when required.

Performs such yard-keeping chores as grass cutting, trimming of trees and shrubbery, and the like as necessary to maintain the school grounds in a safe and attractive condition.

Makes such building repairs as he / she is capable.

Assists with the ongoing preventive maintenance in accordance with the established Preventive Maintenance Manual and Log.

Performs other related duties as required and observes strict compliance with established procedures.

Qualifications

High School diploma or GED required.

Valid High Pressure Boiler Operators License issued by the State of Ohio, preferred.

Experience in school building maintenance is preferred.

Successful completion of the Civil Service Examination.

Good work record including performance, attendance, and punctuality.

Working Conditions / Physical Demands

The characteristics listed below are representative of the work environment typically encountered by an individual while performing the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Ability to hear and speak, read, and write, sit and / or stand for extended periods of time, use hands to operate a computer and other equipment, kneel, bend at the waist, reach overhead above the shoulders and horizontally, to retrieve and store files and supplies, ability to lift, carry, push and pull items up to a maximum of eighty (80) pounds.

Ability to work on ladders, lifts, scaffolding, etc. In addition, the ability to perform duties at required heights per the equipment.

The work environment involves some exposure to hazards or physical risks, which requires following basic safety precautions.

Work may involve moderate exposure to unusual elements, such as extreme temperatures, dirt, dust, fumes, smoke, unpleasant odors, and / or loud noises.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, and sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.

Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Note : The above-stated duties are intended to outline those functions typically performed by individuals assigned to this classification. This description of duties is not intended to be all-inclusive or to limit the discretionary authority of management to assign other tasks of a similar nature or level of responsibility.

To apply, please submit your resume and application using Workday, our online human capital management system. Please note that an offer of employment will be subject to the successful completion of an FBI / BCI background check and drug screen.

EEO Statement : We believe that equity and inclusion at CMSD is an essential call to action, a catalyst to ensure value and appreciation among all our employees, so we may be fair and welcoming now and in the future. CMSD provides equal opportunities for employment, retention and advancement of all personnel by administering all terms and conditions of employment regardless of race, color, ethnicity, ancestry, national origin, sex, disability or genetic information, age, citizenship status, military status, sexual orientation or expression, socio-economic status, title, other dimensions of identity, or any other characteristic protected by law.